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I couldn't get enough of this show the first two seasons. There were likeable as well as unlikable characters. In season 3 the only characters who dominate the storyline are the unlikeables. Spending time with Keith or Bridget Kiely is not fun or enjoyable. Gone are the two Hennessy sons as well as Claire and instead we're stuck with their mother Patricia. I could give more examples but for me I like to spend my time with people I like. Season 3 doesn't provide that for me. It's kind of a miserable experience watching it. Lowering my rating from a nine to a seven because I did like the first two seasons a lot.

Why do I watch Red Rock? Why do I look forward to the next episode? Well, this show is crisply paced and it's fairly well acted. Ultimately, I have to like (at least one of) the characters, and I have to root for someone. Here, Red Rock is solid. From Garda Cleere to Det. Tyrell to Supt. McKay, Red Rock features regular folks -- they all have issues, just like I do -- whom I'd want as neighbors here in New England, folks I'd be honored to sit down and share a pint with in Ireland.

Of course, there's evil in Red Rock, and the police, plus some of the other townspeople, do battle in back alleys and hallways, on street corners and mobile phones, sometimes with criminals and sometimes with each other.

It's the details -- looks of anguish or triumph, phrases packed with anger or angst, with big, broad troubles like murder and pedophilia sharing the canvas -- that make this drama pop. For a soap opera, it surely seems real to me, so I care.

Well done. There's room for growth to be sure, but I want to see more. (nearly 8 out of 10)

At 25 minutes or less an episode it breezes along. 2 feuding families and a Garda station with varying degrees of competence and corruption. As a soap it knows how to suck you into love/hating the characters quickly, and by episode 20 you really want the bad guy to get his, and by episode 30 he may be close to doing so. Will they drag it out some more? To keep us on our toes we have the good guys continually showing their clay heels, strong characters with holes, and a truly white trash family vying with one not much better, merely richer. Can cops be really as dumb as Westlife and Paudge? Will Sharon get justice or will she tell them all to shove it?

Very entertaining.

I *hate* soap operas. I hate daytime drama. I wouldn't be caught dead watching an American soap opera and had I known Red Rock was a daytime drama, I would never, ever have even downloaded the first episode.

Let me say, I'm truly grateful I didn't know, because this is a great show. It's a lot more NCIS than it is Days of Our Lives.

I've given up watching anything American other than sci-fi shows, and have been scraping the depths of my Amazon Prime account for great international shows. Red Rock is definitely, wonderfully binge-able watching. The characters are flawed and real. The relationships are complex, and nobody is television "perfect." No blonde bombshells with vapid, overworked makeup, here. The cast seems to have been chosen because they have their own faces, and because they can...gasp...actually act. Villains you love to hate, lovers you love to love..Shakespearean tragedies...Red Rock has them all.

Episodes are like chips, you can't eat just one. Only 25 minutes long, I'll watch one episode and find myself, hours later, on episode 25. It's not deep or intellectual, but Red Rock will keep you entertained for hours and hours. I highly recommend it.

Before I started watching Red Rock I had seen a headline using a quote from an actor in the series saying they couldn't wait to be "knocking Fair City off their perch" with this new show. I taught this was mad as Fair City bad and all as it is, is still the main Irish soap opera around. After watching the first 6 episodes of Red Rock, I am sure it will knock Fair City "off their perch".

As the show opens with the death of a young man from a local feuding family we are drawn into every detail going around about the death as if we were members of An Garda Síochána. The show has so far shown how close the community is and has indicated at what the future holds with locals in corruption, law breaking Gardaí, the re-igniting of feuding local families the 'Kielys' and 'Hennessy's', behind closed doors relationships and the hopes and dreams of some members of the Gardaí being crushed.

While the show is still in it's early days and TV3 has commissioned the continuing drama for the next two years with 160 episodes to come. I hope to be for a long-haul of excitement, with every episode already ending on the note of the typical soap cliffhanger.

I learnt of this TV series via an article in The Mail's TV planner. It promised to be punchy, and punchy is exactly what you get. For quite some time now daytime telly drama has proved to be weak, watered down and frankly boring. What a huge and pleasant surprise this Police Drama turned out to be. I was hooked from the very 1st episode. The 2 series aired on the BBC 1 channel have touched base with such subjects as murder, drugs, gangland warfare, paedophilia, inter family disputes, bribery, you name it, Red Rock has it. The show is a credit to Irish TV, I have never heard of the cast names before, but I'm well and truly hooked. The sad thing now, is that UK viewers have to wait until 2017 for series 3.....Roll on 2017 I say....

Love this show.

The cast is amazing. I couldn't stop watching it.

I had to unfortunately. Amazons AcornTV only has the first 44 episodes. Oh to be in Ireland. So I could watch the rest. Please. Please. Please. Amazon get the rest of this amazing show!

I can't wait to see the rest.

Only 44 of the 99 episodes are available on Amazon. I have not been able to find it anywhere else to stream. So much better than the cops shows here in the states. Definitely a must see. Hope it's not too long before the rest are available .

I just found this show on Amazon and it is so good. I binge and I am never disappointed. I recommend to all. No bad language etc. they deal with some real life issues. They families involved are super. I give a 10 because it's so refreshing.

The good news is that this series does feature good acting, and lotsa cliff hangers, just as any self-respecting soap opera should. The bad news is that, much like "The Bridge" did to El Paso, Texas, USA, "Red Rock" shows (imho) Ireland and the Irish people in a very unflattering light. Gawd, these people are stupid and most of them are cowards, as well! I can't believe how many of them choose to do the wrong thing, over and over! And, then they compound their errors with even more errors!

I never thought I'd see any show where a Junkie shows more clarity of thought and courage than other, supposedly clean and normal people! Conor, a heroin junkie, is the only one who dares to face the thoroughly despicable Brian McGonigle in his own lair, and speak out against him.

We can't stop watching, but we are continuously amazed, mystified, and confused by the idiocy of the many characters! Watch at your own risk.

Red Rock is just a brilliant series. I usually get heartily sick of the predictability of these kind of programmes but Red Rock is different. I really believe in the characters and their predicaments. People who you believe are likable and pleasant, turn out to be real villains and people who present as harmless nincompoops take wrong turns and end up in desperate circumstances. The Garda behave like old friends who have worked together for years and treat each other accordingly. All the actors are first rate and because I am unaware that I have seen them before, they come across as real. I find it compulsive viewing and find myself even watching repeats of the first series on the run up to the second series and getting just as engrossed.

I have watched all that Amazon Prime has available. That is up to Season 3 episode 70. Is there more? Please be more!

I stumbled upon this Soap Opera looking for something to watch. I instantly was interested in the real reason behind Daryns death. With each episode they would bring more character out in each of the actors. Leaving me with mixed feelings about each. First you like them then you hate them and then you feel sorry for them. But you definitely become emotionally involved with the characters. I enjoy the relationships the Garde have with each other and how they are familiar with the other characters who live and work in Red Rock. The characters and plots all seem to tie into a story line that could happen in any community.

I can not always understand what is being said (I am American). But it's easy to understand what is meant without knowing the language of the Irish.

I hope to find out what happens next...as season 3 episode 70 really ended with quite a bit of drama.

Having gone thru almost all available (and mostly free😏) crime/detective series I stumbled across Red Rock. When I got to about episode 22 I thought "how many can you make in 1 season?" I scanned ahead and realized it had to be a daily show (brilliant right?😆) Very well written, good characters and actors, realistic storylines. Give it a try you'll probably enjoy it.

I was really excited about this show during the first season, but by the second season it becomes clear that every character is a total mess. Poor decisions, dishonesty, corruption, crime, stupidity...Every single one of them. It's hard to like anyone or care what happens to them. Too bad, because the acting is really top notch.

I started slow but was totally hooked after about 3 episodes. I am so involved in all of the characters lives. It always has another twist. Very good

I'm about halfway thru season 2 and I'm so glad I can binge this show. The acting is top notch, great story, suspenseful, real life drama. Has me hooked!

I was looking for this show for a while. After watching 1st episode I have been hooked up. Great directing, great actors, and great storyline...

I love the show, very addictive. The plot twists weaves a story "just out of reach," especially for the Garda. From an American point of view, or at least this Irish-American, I can not think of one likable character in the show. Bridget always looks like she's ready to pull a fast one. Vinny is just plain enept and whipped, Kaity is unreasonable, Keith is a moppet. The Reids are all just nuts. Angela and Tommy seem totally oblivious, the Hennessys all need pyscho-therapy, and every Garda in the station are prone to corruption of some kind. Rory seems untrustworthy and ambitious to a fault. Nikki seems out of her depth. Most of the men in this series are such momma's boys. It takes my breath away. I loved my mother to death but the idea of her controlling me as an adult is laughable...I can go on but I won't...But somehow the show works.

This show is addicting. I binge watched all 3 seasons in a matter of about a week with very little sleep. It was soooo great!! PLEEAASSEE tell me there will be new episodes in 2019!!! I'll have to go through withdrawals cause I can't find anything that is this good. Not cursing, not showing sexual situations & naked people. It's just an over all great story line. Please tell me also that Sharon will finally give Paudge a chance to be her love interest. They're great together. Good chemistry. Plus I want to see Claire come back and Katie Kiely with their babies.

I will keep watching despite my huge irritation regarding McGonigle getting away so long with his heinous behavior on this show. Even I would know how to use my smart phone to record conversations and video of important liaisons depicted in this series. It's completely unbelievable that a cop would be too incompetent in this day and age to take proactive steps after being almost beaten to death. Come on!

Found the series one night on Amazon Prime & have binge watched the program. Prime only has 3 Seasons so I can't wait for the remainder of the series to come to America. The storyline, performances, writing is absolutely brilliant. Every performance is better than the last. The writing & storyline keep you guessing what's coming scene after scene. Brilliant program!

Starts off slow and picks up good pace. It gets predictable by the end of season 2. Rachel and Connor making the same mistake again and again. Sharon always trying to do the right thing the wrong way and then crying when things don't work out. Lot of good characters were killed or let go(transferred in the show). Below par characters kept getting dragged on.